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When you rub two objects together they can what or what electrons?
Gain or lose
How many Electrons for iron?
Iron is a metal element. There are 26 electrons in a single atom.
Do atoms lose protons but seldom lose or gain electrons?
No. Atoms can gain and lose electrons but seldom gain or lose protons.
Does a carbon atom lose or gain electrons?
gain
What are the electrons in the outer shell?
Those electrons are the valence electrons. They are the electrons which mostly take part in exchange of electrons or sharing of electrons. Hence, valence shell electrons are a very important part of chemistry since all the reactions due to them only.
Does fluorine gain or loose electrons?
Fluorine tends to gain electrons
When metals react with other elements the atoms of the metals loose or gain electrons?
They will loose electrons.
What type of elements gain and loose electrons as they form bonds?
Metals lose electrons, nonmetals gain electrons.
Does iron loose 3 ions when it becoms rust?
Iron loose electrons and form cations.
How nay electrons does nitrogen gain or loose in atomic bonding?
It gains three, loses five, or shares pairs of electrons
What is the particle that an antom can loose or gain in order to form into a charged iron?
Atoms can lose or gain electrons. When they do, they form charged particles called ions: if an atom loses one or more electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion, I think ;]
What are formed when elements gain or loose electrons?
ions
Do non-metal atoms need to gain electrons or loose them?
They need to gain them.
When nonmetals and metals react which atom electrons?
Metals loss electrons and nonmetals gain electrons.
How many electrons does chlorine gain or loose?
0 he has glasses
Do metals usually gain or loose electrons to be stable?
Metals will LOSE electrons to become stable.
How many electrons does phosphrous have to gain or loose to have 8 valence?
P has 5 valence electrons so it can gain 3 electrons or lose 5 electrons to have a full valence shell.
